Cost Me a Lot

I gotta give a shout-out to Saint Etienne on this one

Really one of my favorite bands of all time

I was vibing out to this, just figured

"Let me hop on it"

I been off of the scene, been chasing these dreams

It cost me a lot

They don't understand, I'm swerving through lanes

They hoping I stop

And I just sit back and get a good laugh

While watching 'em plot

I just sit back and get a good laugh

While watching 'em...

I just do this shit with no pretending

I got family members tryna end me

Take that admiration and the envy

Please do something that's more efficient

Ain't even accomplish shit that's on my bucket list

Bitch the process is still pending

So if it's like this in the beginning

Will a **** live to enjoy the finish?

Life on story mode, I'm at zero percent

Just hit 26, when does it begin?

Or maybe this just the second chapter

'Cause the first 25 was a hell of events

But the sequel starting off better

12 11 woke up in Asia

Never know where the next flight'll take us

Might just end up in Copenhagen

Never met a **** like me, so it's motherfuck a doppelgänger

Why the fuck you change up?

This life I'm chasing supplied a **** with a lack of patience

So sick of waiting, just want my payment

Thought I was banking, way I write these statements

I'm a freedom writer and a great debater

And it would occur that I'll be the greatest

Off of the scene, been chasing these dreams

It cost me a lot, my ****

And I had some fake friends but the shit would all end

'Bout as soon as I got the picture

I got sick of the fronting, you **** is nothing

So bitch you are not the realest

Sick of the fronting, **** is nothing

Reading "F" on the gas tank, well prepared for the fast lane

Your boy had to hit a transformation

This was way before the cash came

And you know you are that ****

If before all the fame and riches

Even if solo with the vision

You still know you are that king

Cocky ****, why pretend to be humble?

Or maybe it's confidence

'Cause back in the day when I couldn't say, "fuck you"

I ain't accomplish shit

Living a dream bitch it's obvious

None of you **** is stopping this

And you would swear by the way that I move

That I'm already living in opulence

So regal, I can't be compared

Full package, I max on these snares

So basically, it takes a MC to place a movie in your head

Like a soul singer when it come to charm

But a battle rapper when it comes to bars

A novelist when it comes to stories

Then back on Broadway when I perform

Off of the scene, been chasing these dreams

It cost me a lot, bitch

And I don't wanna say that I lost my own way

'Bout as soon as I got rich

So I'll use all constituents right to my benefit

Playing their part, bitch

Use all constituents, benefit

Getting closer to the world I'm chasing

But close ain't good enough

Tryna furnish shit from roof to basement

Supreme interior

Residing on the charts my boy

Put my heart in this art my boy

Introduce you to these thoughts my boy

Promise ain't none of you **** is clearing us

But now they sense us

Ain't been a harder crew since us

**** been hearing and seeing the grind

Now they coming to their senses

Women is flocking, **** got options

Counting them bodies like census

And some of 'em really be senseless

But a **** urge to only sense lust

I'll try to do better

But now it's on to new checks

So it's motherfuck a new debt

And you know we got the music down to a T

'Cause you know a **** crew next

And the bounce back is in my genes

Been suited for the shots at me

If you let 'em, they'll pull your card again

That's how you know that you next

And I don't even sweat her

If she ain't got her shit together

Can't trap this **** with no pleasure

Baby girl I'ma need a better effort

But it seems you don't get the message

That I'm chasing multiple successes

Y'all better not let me get no leverage

I swear it's over for you ****

But I'll switch up the tempo

My **** it's simple

You know what I'm here for

My ****, I been broke

But never resentful of **** that been on

I was on the sideline while they was in end zone

But now a **** spazzing on instrumentals

And they like, "what happened, what's gotten in you?

Now we hear you bragging, and not a little

What happened to the raps that was sentimental?"

Living different, witness shit that's in my vision

Isn't it a sight to see?

Shit just made me do 180, call it crazy

Talk the greatest, might be me